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No. 885,426. PATENTED APR. 21, 1908. G. BITTLE.

SIGN. PPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 1s, 1907.

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GEORGE BITTLE, OF SHARONVILLE, OHIO.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Application filed September 16, 1907. Serial No. 393,225. (Specimens.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

zen of the kUnited States, residing at Sharonville, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to imitation glass display signs.

The features of the invention are more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which z- Figure l is a plan view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a section on sectional line 2, Fig. 1.

The present invention is an improvement in some particulars over the sign forming the subject-matter of my prior invention, for which application for Letters Patent of the United States were filed January 2,1907, Serial No. 350,544.

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In my former invention the character was kwhich I preferably employ is a solution of celluloid consisting of from one-half ounce of pyroxylin, siX fluid ounces of alcohol, four fluid ounces of ether sulfate, and one quarter of an ounce of phenol.

In applying the invention I follow this process. I take a thin sheet of Zinc 1, or any other material adapted to this purpose, and paint and varnish it to form an desired display back-ground. I then app y to the varlnished surface a bonding solution 5 such as Be it known that I, GEORGE BITTLE, a citigelatin and water in order that the celluloid Solution will adhere to the background. A film of the celluloid solution is then allowed to flow upon this prepared plate and to dry or solidify into a thin transparent sheet la; the metal foil character, of whatever sort, is then laid upon the celluloid face and a coat of varnish applied the character preferably has the plain section 3, having a marginal border 2 of a different color or high burnish to increase the ornamental effect and the distinctness. I then apply another coating of the bonding solution of gelatin and water over the varnished face, and lastly, I flow another film of the celluloid solution over the varnished character and allow it to solidify into a thin transparent sheet 4. The character is thus securely embedded between two sheets of this transparent celluloid base which adheres to the sheet metal background.

The completed sign has the luster and the general e`ect of the finest glass sign, but it is not brittle or fragile, and the character is nowhere ex osed. The sign so made is extremely c eap, strong and durable, easily made, and of great beauty and distinctness.

I employ the term celluloid in its generic sense, as there are a number of substitutes having the same physical characteristics, that is, a brilliant, transparent organic compound, not fragile or brittle, to which the metal foil character can be securely attached adhesively.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A sign consisting of a thin sheet of metal colored and varnished, a thin sheet of transparent celluloid material adhesively secured to the bad-ground, and a character formed of metal foil embedded within the celluloid, substantially as described.

2. A metal foil character secured between two transparent sheets of celluloid material, substantially as described.

3. A metal foil character secured between two transparent sheets of celluloid material, and a colored display bac"-ground for the character, substantially as described.

4. A sign consisting of a colored and varnshed beek-ground, a thin sheet of trans- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set parent Celluloid adhesively secured thereto, a l my hand.

metal Jfoil Character adhesively seeured to l GEORGE BITTLE said sheet, and a second sheet of transparent i 5 Celluloid material adhesively secured overl Witnesses:

the first sheet and character, substantially as l OLIVER B. KAISER, described. l LEO ODONNELL. 

